Crash Magazine Issue 56 Supplement

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PERSONAL

COMPUTER

SHOW

'4-18 SEPTEMBER 1988
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SEE US ON

STAND No.
3351/3357

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Good show!

'hatever the weather outside, three days in September will be swelter-
ingly hot inside Earls Court, as more than 80.000 visitors pour through
the doors tor the years biggest computer event, the eleventh annual
Personal Computer Show. If s a new name for a new venue; until now
The ^tVShow {Personaf Computer WorldShow) has been held at London's Olympia
centfe, but the event's phenomenal growth was becoming cramped in Olympia's
smaller halls, and a move to bigger premises was essential.

To you, the visitor, the most notable difference will be the bigger and brighter
stands which the spacious Earls Court ball allows. In the following pages, you will see
what some of the leading software houses and hardware firms have come up with
for this year to entertain you as you walk around. And there are some truly exciting
things planned!

Whatever you do, don't miss the opportunity to witness the nail-biting conclusion
of the National Computer Games Championships, take a ride in MicroProse's amaz-
ing Super X simulator or see the pickof top computer art on Newsfield's own stand.

This year's event promises to be the biggest, brashest bonanza ever- and it starts
fight here, in your free showguide supplement!

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ARMOUR DRAMA

Ocun Softwara

If Earls Coun ticcomes loo
crowded!, it won't stop
Ocean tKWS David Ward get-
ting bome on lime - bcs hired
a. Daimkr Ferret annouredcar
forthcMarvd!

And Ocean aren't joking.
Its Ihc real McCoy,' insists
the wftware hou<ic's Colin
Stokcs< explaining that the
scwut car is there to promote
Ofvrarion Wtrlf, the Tallo coin-
op convcrBiim i»ct for refease at
the s.how.

'WeHl have a(l the prodycts
»c tan, evcrylhmg we've got
iKi t he go. ' &ays Cotin - and that
includes I J coin op machines.

Vtuion> can k<:cp cxhausit'
ingly oD the go. loo, with a
lipcdal f\\aess tc$1 tying in with
Ocean's sptmst game Datey
Jhompityns Decalhtfm, now
endorsed by sport ii^gcar mim-
urydurcrsi^ AdMu.

But Ocean hope Operalinn
Wftif will stand out from the
pacit oi attraction!.. It's a six-
stage shoot- 'em-up riding high
in li»c arcade charts - you
know, it's the one with a
machmc gun on front - and

could soon lop the charts on
Spcetrum, Cou^modorc 64/
12B. Amslrad C?C and
Atari ST too.

The Commodore 64/128
convention of Konami's 3'D
ooin-op Typhoon will be there
t<x>, slruight from I he hands of
programmer Zak Town^end
{Army Moves ^ Platoon},

For movie fans there'll be
glimp!ie» of film scenes from
Rambff Hi on display, preview-
ing the official game licence,
and of course the Ri*hoC(>p
game - all there to goggle at on
Ocean's 40 large TV tscreens,

Ocean hope Operation
Wolf will stand out

Taanuin Softwar*

Tai^m.m Software. pKxIuc^
crii of liuch classic Spectrum
stand-bys iis the TasH'ord word-
proccssor program and Tdv-
Sign ( for sign-wr i t i ng ) ♦ prom isc
a range of utilities and
peripherals at the PC show.

Ilr«at tim«s aHe&d! At th* PC Shotw
THALAMUS ar« ahowlrvg th« t«to«f
8«l9Ctfon of top-rK>tch gam«» including
I4AWKEYC and ARMALYTE - two of tha
beat Connmeidore gantaa ereatad.

ST AND AMfCA OWNERS; WaSf* g^t tit*
tm*U com* and »*« oxcluaivo damoa of
forthcoming ie-bit tHJaal And dont
forflet Hie other machines — for 6-liH
oiwrwra there are first showings of a
number of red-hot titles — top secret at
the moment!

GRAB some GOLD wrilh our spactal
show QoidTiMSh^ game — buy a copy of
HAWKEVl, find a gold cassotte and w«'v«
giot a SPECIAL prisa for irou.

Don'^ waste ttmoi taste the Thalamua
exPERlENCB at Iwfa Court f4'18
Sopteml»ar on » > .

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PC SHOWCASE 3

QMStah MarfwUng

Cheetah MiirkLtuTi! have
(wo new jst'i'viKk^ FLMll'k tit

be unveikii ,iL tlit- \JiiHA .1
spntECswoman df^ribcs them
as *tmc t«p-of-ihc' range, one
k>w-ca*ii quality'.

At tast year's event Chcelah
launched ihen sophiMicated
125 Special joystick* and the
DPS drum kil was nai^ily
demonsitrated too. It's a set of
(ive drum-like piads which can
be hil la pnxiuoe sounds from
a drum machine such a&
Cheetah's long-cslabiishcd
Spec Drum,

Cheetah arc also known for
the MK51I MIDI keyboard,
iind besides (he SpccDmm
their popular range oi
Spectrum musk equipmenl
includes the MIDI lnicrfatt\

'One

(heetah
joystick

top-of-the-rani^e and

another is low -cost'

4 PC SHOWCASE

SMOOTH
OPERATORS

Teloconttoft

Directory enquiries, 1^'hat
Vrtii hxikin'far. hoy? Yau
tvotf Anf^onfheff. it's a tviektd
tine . . . Yo!

Well, when Telecomsofi
(part of Briti!»h Telecom) told
us they were plannirig a 'strcct-
crcd siand', whut else cwuld wc
cxpecl from ihe ttperalor?

Al least we know what to
expect from Tclccomsofi ihcm-
iiucives, publishers of Rainblnl.
Rreblrd and Silverbird liibets;
"A siand with the beit produces
in ihc world', accordmg lotiffi-
dal stand boaster Debbie Sil-
liloe.

More spccirtcally. she says,
'we tike to be a nice friendly
happy stand We'll have play-
able guincs on the i>tund, and
coin-ops if we've got any, com-
petitions and maybe a few free
g,ifts and bits and pieces.'

Sounds tike a good bet for the
plastic -bag col led on^ . . .

Products on sale at the
4t^1.5m* iitand witt inctude 14
new (ittcs a^ well as
Starghder II and Tertninatur
It's Stand 3447.

D4fal«i Marketing

Thou ph N I nltndo wo n t be a I
the PC Show t h L- 111 M.' Ives,
Dc gale Marketing mighi pro-
vide stMne ccmsi^tlc-atton . .
44,5m* of (I. to be esaci.

[>e gale's stand promises to
be packed with Wixcs of the
Nintendo Entertain meni Sysr-
tem, as well as the lEIccirocoin
joysticks they sell.

And if lite London-based
tirmcan move enough ^^yst]ck<>
on Stand 3442 i I could be a case
of having deOaJe in every port.

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Inttreapter Group

Intercept Interceptor if you
tan - they've goi two ^tand*
full nf fit lit ware <m their Hay en
and Pandora labels.

There'll be al least three new
Players budget gamciSi for sale
including Joe Blade ti, while
I he full-pnce label Pandora
{which produced Into The
Eagle's ffest] wilt have a new
title on Atari ST and Com^
modore Amiga. And l(K»k out
for the first sight of next year's
games!

TlwrB'll b« «t least
three new Players
games for sale includ-
ing Joe Blade II

OUT ONE YEAR,
THE OTHER

. ,atmMiHliliiM 1 1 1

The show must go on. Straight after last September's PCW Show, Majicbcster>bttfed

software houwOct'art )HH»kifd ^pacePorthLs vcar, ajidwitllln mftnfhslhev were designing it*

A speeijilUl di-^if;n ftrm *sts calicd in, gjven a. bydfrt -siiii|3l> 'lua±<iamarHf.v\ jncvrding
to Ocean - and reminded to make room for a I kast 37 ll-inch TVs and 13 coin-ops. A.^ an
afterthouRhl someone added thtit ihere'd be an armoured car too . . .

By February thv Jiiihhi'd plan was ready (o ro from design company Tlickins to Ocean's
resident ariisi Stepbeti Biower. who conceives all the (>ct;an game ads. - and drew tbe stand
pictures above. For more delails of wtxafs on show Ihcre, see Ihe Ocean stand entry in
PC Showcase.

GOLD AND
DELICIOUS!

USGotd

The stars of US Gold's soil-
warc'StuUdcd stand wiit
be . . . an arcade machine and
a moinrhike.

Bui that's not surpri^iing
corning from the people who
spcdaliivc in coin-np convcr-
$ion$, And on thiit year's huge
sfand US Gold will reveal Cap-
con's LED Sfpmi and pKvicw
Ttfrr Road - »s well ss (he
machine of Sena's 'spectacular'
ThundrrMiidei, Mfiiight from
iht.* <ircjjdij!s,

Named The Pepsi Challenge
Game Of The Year, il vkrill
re^eh home computers as
US Cold's lop autumn release.
(See the PC ShoHcase feature
about The Pepsi/US Gold
Computer Challenge for more
infomialion )

As for the KawasaJci bike.
Epyx have it up for grabs in a

special competition for show
VEsitors - they'll he dlKplaying
4X4 Road Race as well as Th^
Games (Summer EdilitHiK to
remind you of the wamt sport-
ing weather we've all
enjoyed . . .

There's a new face in
US Gold's label stable, loo -
Topois«ft. The Spanish soft-
ware developers make iheir
UK debut on ihe stand with
Mad Mix.

And Birmingham-bitscd
US Gold will also rcleiisc the
fania)»y roleplaying game Dun-
getms And Dragons for Ibc
\miill screen.

There's more- Simylation
fpedalisls ActloiuwR. part of
Sublogk , h'lvc a few titles lined
up. and Access (crealury of the
Ltadtrboard scries) will dis-
play Echelon.

This year's 51 2m' &land -
number 3117 - will be

US Gold's largest yet at the
September shows, and it prob-
ably nccd!^ lo he to fit in all that
nt'w s<iflw;irc.

US Gold need thetr
lari^Mt stand ever for
all the new software

Levttl 9 Computing;

Adventure specialists

Level 9 have joined new
label Mandarin Soflware for a
game set m liK- dm^^ ni King
Arthur - Uutceht, due to be
shown across ! 2 formats at the
PC Show.

They're calling ii a Taithful
interpretation' of a 50O-ycaT-
old laic written by Sir Thomas
Malory.

Gnomf Rartfier ft, M:qucl lo
(he popuUir ^nd jimusing
Gnitmf Hangtf, wilt be there
too,

They^re calUng H a

'faithful version' of the

500-year-old tale

Godfrey Ticket, the kfe[H

tomanlaei Godlrey *a5 al tt>e
PC Show yesterday, and he's coming
again tomorrow. He takes every
brochure, poster an^ pamphkit
withm reach, artd stulfs the pulped
e<)u(valeni ol a maiure ptne tree into
camcf twgs evefy 15 niinutcs> His
revotting school bta^er is coverad m
prorrio stickiCfs, there K9 sevcfil
eardboaf d (tats on Ns head, and his
Usetif sp«etacf«s arc held together
wmh sticky tape Godfrey doesn't act-
ual^ own a computer.

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PEPSI
r CHALLENGE

From two giants comes a giant name... Pepsi and U,S. Gold bunch
the most original computer challenge series of the century. The Pepsi
Chollenge Mod Mix Gome is an addictive, colourful extravoganza of
ghouls and demons in ttie most spectacular traditions of computer
entertainment... with a little 2 1 st century trickery thrown in to torment
you. Match your changeable persona to meet the metamorphosis of
your mysterious adversaries ond youll find there's hardly o second to
spore as you try to outwit, outgun and outrun their
outrageous behoviour.
And most importantly, The Pepsi Challenge Mod Mix Game has been specialty
selected to lead the Pepsi/U.S. Gold Computer Challenge Series
and if you want to know more about this opportunity,
wotch the press for details (better sti% buy one and gain
entry to the most exciting challenge of the century).

FEELING LIKE A

VIILLION

DOLLARS

Lift-off ... As you
grip I he bar. your cyen
focii^ on I he masKivc
screen jind youi fellow
tnvieller:^ disappear into the
darkncK around, The g-fc>rc«K
s<:cm. to push your ittrainjng
back deeper and deeper into
ihcseat as (he ^ghtcriooms off
the aJTcraft earner's deck,
reaching 15U miles per hour in
just a few seconds.

Don't look iJbwit -oris it up'?
Suddenly the fighter soars in a
tight curve as the sleek black
profile of an enemy combat

plane edges into view.

Now your whole concentra-
tion is tixed on the target as it
growK close r« spilling flanie^
corning into the sightii, and
then ihcrc'^ a muffled roar as
your own cannon release their
deadly missiles into the rain-
whippc<) air and in the heat of
action you forgej your white-
knuckled hands instinctively
gripping the bar for dear life.

Th« timulator can
recreate iny

experience wtth the
help of computer
images and motion

forget the 13 other crew memt-
bers, forget the lens of
thousands outside in the
crowded PC Shnw cxtravag^
anxa. For this is Super X.

Mllliontlrcrsft

1[ Liist .! mil I ion dollars to build
y nJ I! can ^ivc you a million d if-
fcrcnt joy rides, from deep
space To^pMsea submarining.
The Super X Prokon

WE'LL SEE YOU
THERE...

Nvwifield Publlcatioft*

Regular visitors to the ishoH'
will already be familiar
with Ncwsfield's informal
stands, where magazine read-
ers can chat to the people
behind the pages. This year on
Stand 3-434 there will be an
even better upportuciiiy for
meeting ihe reviewers on the
greatly expanded niv-nd space
with iLs specially'destgned
lounge area.

Of course you'll also be able
to hrow«; through the exciting
items on our ^ic:; counter,
including all the latest ijtsues
a nd bard' to-get back numbe rs .

Grab a chance to look
through FEAR magazine, too,
if you re inio horror, science
Action or fjuatasy film.<& and
books, and expect to see some
tantali&ing glimpses of

MOVIE, NewsfietdA latest

8 PC SHOWCASE

toontblyt devoted to hlms on
video - all the latest releases ai
the cinema, video clubs and
shops.

And don't forget the first-
ever British exhibition of com-
puter art. organised by News-
field and displayed on our stand
from morning to night.

If you want details of when
and where to see the National
Computer Games Champion-
ship tinals, played throughout
the three days of the show, just
pof) over to the stand and ask.
We hope you enjoy the ]9BH
Personal Completer Show!

,0f "^

Cifcaile are providing
plenty of giveaways
such as posters

Cvsudn

L-l-l-llook oui! The star of
British software house
Cascade's stand will be ihc !9
arcade combat game, now set
for launch on September 3,

And the military iiimtisphere
of 19. set in the Vietnam war
abou( 3ft years ago, will be
dramatically created by an
army of six-fooi-high cutout
figures.

The game will be available to
play - and buy at a speciaDy
rcduced rate. And no doubt the
I'aul Hardcastte song /4 will be
deafening , . .

Abo featuring on the stand
is Cascade's budget label
Game Busters, wuh all games
on sale.

Being gt-rterous sorts.
Cascade are providing plenty
of giveaways such aii posters (o
anvone who visits (be Stand.

GAMES
FOR
THE
BRAIN

COSScrftwara

Are you tired, listless,
dozy? Do you find no
challenge in life?

Don't panic. Games for the
bram from CDS include three
brand-new versions of
Catossfis Chtss tO, to be
launched at (he show .

All three versions have been
fully revised in both play and
graphics and improve on ttie 8-
bii Cal&ssus Chess 4.

And someone's set for a
lucky day -well, an Atari STai
least - when ihc winner of a
national chess compi-tiliun is
summoned to CDS's stand to
receive their Kv-bi« prize.

This year about 400

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^imulaior, feaiurcd exclusively
at (he PC Show by US-bascd
simulaiion sofiwure house
MkraProH on one of their two
suriils , can recreate any ex^Kri-
cncc with the help t>f computer'
general ted images and realistic
fnmtc^n - piichin^g, itissittg,
turning, ri-sing, frilling, rolling.
And the key iit a \ing,le ^ictco

Built by a British Arm in
Pixilc, Dorset, the fo^ur-ton
Super X craft creates the illu-
sion fit Hying at diving through
a subtle c(.vmbinaiion of 'sensa-
tion CUC&' - sound , visj^on, ind
three-dimensional nvovement.

Th« video disc produces full-
colouT computer graphics on a
Mx-hy-fourfooi screen in the
capsule's no&e, coordinated
with film project ions and a
lifelike Miundirack played
through loudiipcakcni inside
the I4-scater craft.

Al the same lime, the 30-
horsepower {ibrcglass cmfl
moves in three dimensions- up
and down, back iind Ui^^h, and
iideways - susptended on hyd-
raulic le^s 1 S feet atwve its sec-
ure concrete base. The actual
movement is. small and safe,
but it docjtn'l feel that way!

Finally, the Vibrosound sys-
tem synchronises the sound-
track and movement for
maximum realism, and Ibc air
inside the capsule circulates at
» high speed to add to the
dramatic effect of motion.

Specially- produced video
discs can produce effects for
any experience, from landing a
iumbo jet to waging battle in a

Thert't a fnuffted
roar it cannon
rftleaM their
deadly missiles

lank. Rides la^i about three
minutes - enough for all but the
strongt:st nerves!

That's tha tfcfcat

The Sujxt X Pro'kon is on one
of MicroProsc's two stands
throughout the FC Show Tn
^ei youf pass for (he ride of u
tifciime. buy any MicroPrtwe
pR>duei from any WH Smith
shop b<*twccn August 16 .nul
September 12.
Now hold tight .

Ultimate

H-^nter SuiMT X Prokon

checkmaters entered the
BBC TV CotossusiCccfa^
Chess Toumiimcnt, run with
the British Chess Federation.

Better luck next year for the
399 who didn't quite make it -
this year's champion will play
scverml games againsi ibe
comptiicr to show hflw it's
done.

Other titles from the CDS
range featured on their stand
will include Hndfie, Mah Jong,
Casino Routette and Brian
dough's FooihaU Fununci.

CDS"s sister company
RliM Ribbon will aliio appear to
show off their new budget
games.

chftsfi champion
will play the computer

WHERE B G IS
BEAUTIFUL

AtaH

The largest stand al the
PC Show goes to Amer-
ican-based hardware giants
Atari " but it's not just iiitle
gfcy boxes, because over 100
different s*iftwarc titles will be
ondispby.

There! J also be games-
playing competitions with
!:om|K»tcrs flji pn/es.

A 61 8m^ small town
consisting of four tented 'Atari
villager spaas the three
sections of the show, and also
features niher firms prtnlucing
equipment for the Atah line.

And Atari say they'll
announce 'a brand new
development in personal
compu t i ng ' al the show . as we 1 1
as !i MIDI section "which
highlighis why ihc Atari ST is
winning .so many rriertd<» in the
music industry'.

A spokesman reels off the
list of goodies on display;
'Well be showing all the latest
VCS2600 games with consoles,
the X£ [B'bit games system [
and the ST. the Abaq [a
workstation uving fast

Transputer chips], desktop
publishing . . . and a few
surprises up our sleeves. '

However, there will be no
retail {»ales of Atari machines.

Atari always take a high
protile at the September show,
and are also among the few
micro firms to exhibit at major
events outside the computer
field - for instance, the
Motorfair, also held at EarU
Court.

Atari: the bjggest stand, across all ihm wrtiofu

PC SHOWCASE 9

PLAY IT

AGAIN,

SPAIN

Dlnamk

The game's noi over yet tor
Spanhh software house
Dinamic - Game Over II,
sequel lo the year -old Imagine
tiik, will be reteaiicd acro&s six
formats an their stand.

Add the medium-sized
(27.5rn") stand represents
Din»(nic'& first foiay mm Bri-
tain as wvflwiirir publishers.

Untt! recently, the Spaniards
had !ijmp)y licensed UK house's
to release Oinamic's soltvi^arc
(such as Army Moves and the
original Game Over) on their
own labets,

But DOW fa&t -growing
Dinamic pl:"i to relea^ three
to Five title* under their own
name in the 12 months starting
September. And the Tirsi will
be Game Over U, (ot
Spectrum, Commtniore 64,
Amstrad CPC. MSX,

Atari ST and IBM PC-
compatibles.

Game Over II will be
r^eased across six
formats on the stand

Q

incenrKvJi

lMwttv« Softwar*

With the Two niajor Free*-
cape games Dritier and
Dark Hide en|oying major suc-
cess on the Kbit formats, (he
tdl^ncw improved Atari ST and
Amiga versions will be ready to
play on Incentive's stand

The games are obviously fas-
ter on t6-bit machmcs, and
tam feature*!, tuke fuli .idvan-
tage of iht^ more powerful
machines.

Incentive are also planning
to announce their Christmas
game ai t he show « taking Frces^
cape a step further .

10 PC SHOWCASE

Ram Eteelronlci

Ram Electronics have a
medium-sized - 42m* -
stand featuring their complete
range of peripherals.

OKTmnics products wjj] also
be on display - Ram bought the
company late last year.

All the Ram/DKTronics
equipment, including the
popular Spectrum add-ons
Ramprint and Music Machine,
will be on sale too. And the
Hampshire company promise
some special offers.

The company promise
some special offers

AnOi Softwara

The purveyors of Strip
Poker fl are attending this
ycar\ PC Show with a hands-
on display of all their latent
games - and previewing some
lilies lo be released in the
immcdiaie future,

A se Icetton of computers - a t
least six - will be available lo
give all visitors the chance to
try before they buy.

CECCO

THIS

OUT!

Hewton Cwitultantt

Though Hcwson's stand
won't be as big as last year,
the Oxfordshire -based com-
pany will i>lill be there in Torcc
wilK a host of new products for
all vbitors to play.

The line-up includes
Eiminautr from John Philips
and Asieroth (previotisty titled
Asmodiolts).

There's also Siormhrd { Raf-
faelc Cecco's new product) -
and besides those full-price
titles there '?v more from Hew*
son's budget labclst Rack-li
and Reboutul.

SWISS
CHAMP

Un*l

Swiss software house Ltnel.
producers of Crack Starring
Herbie Stone . arc attending the
show with a wealth of previews
illusi^trating their planned
releases for the rest of L^l8Rand
early 1%9. All the young prog-
rammers' games will be on the
;>tand, loaded and ready to
play

Among these arc The
Champ, a boxing arcadc/sirat-
cgy game; Dragon Slayer, the
second Hcrhe Stone liltc; and
Solaris, a sporting game. And
for strategists (here*]] also he
Kaiser and Crown .

But it seems only The Champ
will be available for purchase.

All the games will be
loaded ready to play

The company expect to

have up to 12 different
loysticlts on show

Etf romax EJactnmlct

Peripheral manufacturers
F-uromax areihinltrngbig-
thcy plan lo launch up to live
new joysticks from their small
stand!

'Wc will be exhibiting a(
least three new products for the
coming season,' says
Euroman's Sue Fowler.

And (hat's in addition to the
present range, including the
popular Euromax

Professional. All told, the
company expect to have ten to
12 diffcrem joystick styles on
display.

The 9m^ stand will be too
crowded for joystick sales,
though, so Euromax will
distribute free lists showing the
eight other PC Show stands
which are selling their
products.

There^s also Ra^ele
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Ps\gn> WIN have a 72m^ stand
for ihfif liiKHs P-vV gnosis,
Fsyclapse and Triad, rcaiuring
enlcrt^iinmeiil software such as
Barbarian, Trrrorpods,

Ohtitfrafor. Chrorto-Quest^
Mfnoff and Aquaiemura .

They also plan wtmc lipccijit
events - but wuutd unl^ tell us
'wait and see'!

Probably one way t<) get into
Psygniwis's gcxKl books K to
buy an ObUteraiorT'Shm from
the Microdnlrr liitrnttitioiial
sland . -

Hiey would only tell ut
to ^waK and see'!

Afiwtnd Ck^nftumar El«clroiiic«

Hardware muttufacturcrs
AiTiiiirad, who produce a
wide riinge of micro*, will have
a stand in the show's 'middir
ground' between the leisure
ami Hliviik'*--'* vft'lions..

MulH as Use year, Amstrad
^^i|l [i.Lvi: their full line of
ifiiih^hmcs from (he Spectrum to
PC-co]npalihk'!\ on display.
Usually thf F-vsex-based
company jjIm* hiis a few new
compute rh rcvvatcd on the
show's first day.

But you'll still have to visit
the hiieh street to get them ^ the
45flm'' stand will msifce no i^ales,

Usually Amstrad have
a few new computers
for the annual show

PARTY
TIME

lofideff Software

Happy birthday - or should
that be bon atmiversairr?
French software house
Loriciels turn^ five at the
PC Show, and plans some
special I birthday events on its
5t)m- stand.

And it'^ al!&o exactly a year
^mcc Loricicls and sister label
Mkrolds were launched in the
UK - ai last year's show.

New arcade^ adventure and
•iimulaiion gamei aic all lined
up for release this time round -
But the teaming f-'rench lirm
w«n"t say more!

Many new arcade,
adventure-style and
simulation games will
be on display

Activftlon

You iust cant hctil it - R-
Type, that is. THE
GAMES MACHINE'S pre-
view called ActivisitJfi's coin-
op conversion 'unbcafably
addictive', and four versions
should be among the mam
;ii:ir:ic1toiis of the software
lahcl'!! medium-siEcd stand.

Activisinn are keeping away
from the hustle and bustle of

Pipe, llw pmag hiifwiiiin! He swears he'i 1 S, and that he ts a
w^Mux9wn reviewer (or magaime editor or multinational impoft/export
dea)«) and can he have one of eath of your products free of charge, make
that a ioien p^«a» Ouanc' is 13 year; (Ad, a ^rdened crook arxl a software^
pirate, and belore tfiing thrown off the stand he should be punc^^ed In the scne.

the show's main streets this
year, but that eould give vis-
itors lime to look more closely
at the game ba^ird on [rtm'<>
Nemf.Tu- style arcade hit.

Those horizontal scrolls arc
promi«icd on Spectrum . Com-
modore Mniii. Amstrad CPC
and Atari ST,

Visitors can look
closely at the game

LofotTDn KacrastkNul

Products

Atari ST owners look out -
U^goiion's advanod
DeffnditfiiHylt shoot -em -up
Star Ray should be ready for the
show. And Steve Rak.\ giimc
will be there not only to play
but to buy as well.

Also on show will be Siar
Goose and a brand-new title
from vemran programmers
DenicHl l>e?»i]pt«, fve (7f
Hants. Logotron's tiusineis
and educational software wilt
be making an apjKarance too.

PUTT NG THE
SHIRT ON YOUR
BACK

Mtcrod«al«r International

Software dt!«>tributors Micro-
dealer International have
something to hide at ihi^ year's
PC show - the winners of more
than 40 prizes!

And they're concealing them
under an exclusive range of T*
shirts on sale only from the
18(lm* Mlcrodcaicr iiand.
whiLb (hey share with
Mirrontoft.

Microdealer have been
promoting their 'Great
MicrndealcF Cover-Up' offer
this summer. Shops give away
stiekers for every i5 worth of
Microdealcr-distribuied games
bought. The tokens can be
stuck on special cards and
!iaved toward free joysticks and
software.

And that's where the prizes
come in. Microdealer' s Lcs
Sinclair eKplains: "Anybody
that sends a completed card in
and 111 Is out a umplc
competition goes into (he priie
draw.'

The prizes, announced at
3pm on Sunday September 18
as the show diaws to a close «
will include a

Commodore Amiga, an

Atari ST. leather flying
j ackets . joy sticks and soft ware .

'Wc thought we were going
to star! off with five prizes for
the show.' kiughs Sinclair, but
it looks like being RIO re I ike 45.
It's snowballed!"

And he expects some 30,(XIU

of the yoajim cards to be
returned in lime for the
PC Show draw - so if your one-
in-6^ chance of a prize doesn't
deliver the goods, console
youn>ctf with one of
Microdealer 's ]2T-shins.

There are T-shms featuring
Elite (Sptice Harrier), Grand-
slam Entertainments [Pfier
Beardsley'i htifrnnikmal Foot-
thill). Gremlin Graphics.
MicroProsc. Palace Soil ware
(the inf;imi>ui» Mana Whittakcr
Borbanan picture J, Fsypnaii
(one with the logo, one with
ObUteraior), T^leeontjion (the
rabbit from ^murai Warrior),
and US (^ohd (fluorescent).

Microdeater arc alsi> reissu-
ing three of their Own humor-
ous T-shirts from year^ past,
titled The Hacker. The Zappft
and The Ad venturer.

There will be no software for
Side on the Microdealer stand.

The prizes will Include
an Amiga, an ST, flying
jackete and Joysticks

PC SHOWCASE 19

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GIVE OUR
REGARDS TO
EARLS COURT

Bt R part of i( , New York, New York * . , n«w <w»rtwim hnu^r Ihe
B\k Ap^lf KntertaiirnH^Jit are IryUiK thvir bf^t at thf PI' Show with
m tOOrn* sinrH] nf skyifra^rs mid city i^trevtii,

Bui chvn- vum'l bt- much room for any vivHIng Suprrmeti lo
maiioeuvrt ^ thr laltetit skvsicripcr is jusl Sm (26 fttt i hi|^!

Th4> f^i|e Apple'jt NtM York th«m« ii1s4i shoms in (heir evfrvday
IJfc, of cuur^ - ihfir biidgfl liib«l l<i {.ullvd BrcK>klyn, (livir \^b\t
BBDMi appev und^r Li>te Manhutiun Trtiufcr mark, and tbc
BroHcfwHy labe) i& rescr^^ tu <ih(iw fifT <tpcriMf •i.nAi^Krr,

And one of their promoliom b Ihiv Hill> Hronv 4. lub w here idieat
can be coUected toward (r«« |tjflj» like records, CDs and vMeos.

AsThe Big Apple say, it's 'entertainment In HHroad way ... *

Dave Bumher. Ihcrumpuler Jotir-
nallst: Dave li. unefripkoyat>le. wti>ch

15 wt^ tie calls himself a freelance.
He IS at&D a bore, a liaf , a tlitf and a
dedicate<j beer sunller. Owe carries
a Z^, a mtrucassette recorder and
an invisible macNne which cari
locate a free dnnk from 50O paces
liiyttlini yw tail htm in strnrt coo-
Menoe wfll appear m pnrri neict weeK
and ai^hrtg that you don't tell fi^m
Mit be made up anyway

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EN CHEAPER

AM I GAS

AnngLi t.ur?. only jwsl recov-
ering trtim the joy of the
price cut will have more to faint
aver when they sec mail -order
hrm Megaland's ^tand - Com-
mfxkirc Amigas ASUOs for jUKt
£349 (including VAT) plus the
voucher from PC Showcase^^
That's £50 lew than the new
price in the shops.

Though mcasurirtg jusl
I2m', Stand KKB will be cram-
med with Comnvodorc 64s and
Amtgas, prirttcrs, extra disk
dri vcs . d isks / hard ca rds *( add-
in hard di^ks] and useful PC
peripheraJs. all for .sale across
the counter,

llic Mcgaland people have
been in mail order for a long
time, bul they've only just
crttercd the computer world -
ar»d with a vengeance Tlieir
full line wiJ] include Atari hard-

ware. Commodore aid Sam-
sung PCs, and printers: Star,
Epson, Amitrad and Citizen.

They've •ntered th«
coittpiiter worid wftti a
v«nge«no»

Tht Wi Appb ErrtaftainmaiTt

If you're-.!! I [■.In -Lin ml; nut that
four-lctier wtird, you obvi-
ously haven't mastered the
puzzles of Big Apple Enter-
tainment's first game Oops,' -
and they'll have a host of chal-
lenging new releases lo keep
the !*#s flying on their lOOnr
Mandat the PC Show.

The Big Apple, formed ear-
lier this ycar^ plan to release 56
titles in their first 12 months -

24 at £!, 99, the rest full-price.
The promi^iesi include Deip-
hian - an 'epic shoot -"cm-tip'
for Spectrum. Commodore 64,
Commodore Amiga and

Atari ST - and N<urr<m, a
space »h*Hit-'cm-up for the
tame maLhirus. plu.>i IBM PC-
compatibles.

There'll ajsi> be a game
featuring the California Raisin
character, promoted at the
show by - you guessed it - three
women dressed a^ raisins^. No
doubt they'll mumble Big
Apple's American -style motto
through their wrinkly skins:
*Havcanioeplay,-

Th«rftMI Im a ganw
ptronioted by thr«#
women drM««d at
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Bruce Lee pack^ a grand
slam and Gr^indsliim
EntcftAlnments are packing
pleniy of copies of Bruce t^e:
Enter The Dragon for iheir
60in* stand.

Also Iherc from GrsndslBin
- forfncrly Argus Prc» Soft-
ware - witi be Espionage and
Pacmanh.

Grandskm had originaUy
planned not to attend but
changed their mind after look-
ing at ih'AX line-up. 'We've got
a lot of strong product and th«
place for thai is on the Floor/
boss Stephen I fall has sjiid,

Thc}''1l also have details,
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birds and a new Arnold
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Bjorn iraiMirfci. tlw f«rcj<n
dnkr: Bjom wasr^a grey syrt and B
tttomje haircut, and has a black
€inb&s£«d t»usinest card made o'l
thm silvers of fir tree. He places very
large orders for all the pertp'tierals in
sifiht. and takes an hour and a half of
your life dracussing intemattonad
mirtey orders, SGarKhnavian VAT
rates, and dealer d^ouirts. After
carefully writing everyttisng downarKJ
shading your hand, he senousty
departs. You never tear from him
agatn.

PC SHOWCASE 17

THEHOUSETHAT

MASTERTRONIC

BUILT

Set up a ubtc, cover with
lahlccioTh, garnish
ming cx>mputcr.

monitor ^nd keyboard,
ieasort lo [iisic with jtn'^iick
and %rvc up un a ptpin|^ hot
bed of new games . Tuial pre pa,*
raiion time: approximatdv 30
minutes. Total oast: under
£100.

Time^ have changi'd; there's
a Jot of difference between the
typical 1983 ZX Mierofair rec-
ipe above and the highiy
SDphJiiTicateil and ccimplcx ban-
i|uci of the PC Show ]9gg. h\
an annual head^uh^- mcHt
major companies now face a&
summer progresses toward
autumn. How do ibcy go iham
ii?

MM te rtfo ok's Riiehel

Davks provident some ans-
wers,

London, \Uy 19(tK: Nfaster

ironic have been planning for
their presence at ihe PC' Show
LilrnoNi since the last one
Hnishcd in mid-September
1*i>K7. and now decision?) on
how to do it must be taken.

'There are two point s to con-
sider: fii^i. what is our objec-
tive and what can wc hope to
achieve bv having a ^tand at the
PC Show?

'The MaKtertronic group bii!i
four division!!, Melbourne
fUmse, Sega. Arcadia and
Mastcrtrontc tiseir. dtj we have
four separate stands, estabtisih
a corp^irate idcntily or have a
eombm^iiion ot one stand with
four separate elements lo it?

'Mastertronic is a far bigger
group than ever before - we're
up with the big boys now and
have to have a stand which
rcprewnis our up- mark el
image of a lof^-grade software

house. And what if wc don't
go? ^ yeah, we'll save a Uu of
money, but how will that re Ilea
on our cu&lonters * view of Mas-
tenronjc?*

Dacivlofi ttkmtt't
Right,' Rachel continuei^
'wcVe going lo the show but
hoiw much is it going to co^l uir?
A bitdget has to be decided on
- u\ thi' rin«riK-(il it st.iruK al
around thf i.;i.i,iK«i niaik The
next !tta|;e is to get a stand
designed by an agency.

'We provide them with a
short brief giving them an idea
of what Mastertronic is ail
about and what the target mar-
ket is. One ygniricant problem
with the PC Show is ihc fact
that it is both a trade show and
a public show - and wc have to
ensuie we appeal lo both cle-
meitts,

H an endt in tdeii
E'wu wi'L-k> later: Mastertronic
are presented with three initial
visual ili-ML'ii-

Thc llr^l js 4 noisy two-level
affair set in Aladd!ift*s» cave,
with (lurk passages, lots of
monitors and soundtrack
excitement. An ttti^iant dcci-

'We have to li>ok good
to more than 80,000
people at the show'

sion: it's too noisy to attract
businessS viiiitorK, fet atone to
have meetings on the standi

The second Lvcompleiely dif-
ferent: two tiers again but
smart and plain. It's effective,
they think, but it might not app-
eal to public visitors.

The final suggestion is a
smart, pbin. unclier stand -
no real use this year, they're
sure they need 1W(» fltwir^.

hnat decision (ihey think):
definitely two tiers combining
the cave effect of the first with
the second's quictci upstairs
offices. Hopefully that way
theyH keep both elements
happy.

Next, the design -hoard
drawiDg is converted into a
scale model from which its
eiisier to viiiualise what's
needed and csiimale costs, not
only for stand con.siruci inn hut
also for all the additional bits
such as plug;!, sockets,
monitors, desk», light
bulbs . , .

Powarplajr

What's thick, black ami
wtvnb grabbing a I the
PC ShtiW.' Powcrplay's eew
Black Cruiser joystick, that's
whal - priced at jusi i9.99 (in-
cluding VAT) it's one of two
new models to be revealed on
the I4m- Stand -Ui27.

There's also the new Clear
[nstani Auto Fire Cruiser at
£12.99, and if like us you think
Instant Auto Fire sounds a hit
uncontrollable just listen to
Powerplay's dt-scriptjon; 'Sim-
ply by keeping either of the HKt.
buttons prcsfed down you will
be in autoliie, release and you
will be back into normal hre.'
ft's their first autofire mixlcl.

Powerplay's Cruiser range of
joysticks, based on siensitive
microswitches, can miiVL- \n
eight directions and have three
settings - CJttra sensitive play,
normal play and firm plav - U)
suit individual games and
gamesters.

They can be attached to a
tablctop with four firm suction
feet or sit comfortably in the

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hand.

The latest, the Blue Cruiser,
is available now for £9,99 at
mujor computer shops includ-
ing WH Smith,

They have three
settifiKS to match
Inciividual games and
players

Maitwlronlc

Budgeicers Masicrtronic
arc making the highlight of
their PC Show a fuil-pricc label
- naturally, ttteil' very own Mel*
bourne lliitisc

Bui that starring role is no
surpr>se becau.se the arcade
mjchme of Dnuhir Dragon and
previews of the ^fclbourne
House eoiivcrsion will be there
to play anti drool over.

For game;, players with dedi-
catioiit. Sega - manufHcturersof
the Master System dedicated
conik»lc. now a year old - arc
also attending ihc St and with all

their latest software and hard-
ware.

And of course there'll be the
usual array of Mai ten tonic's
titles for all major home com-
puters, from their full range of
labels: the eponymous Master-
tronic itself, M.A.P., BtUMos.
EntrrlainmenC USA, Euter-
lainmrnt tSA5 S<»r, Rkochel,
AmtrkitiM ai]d the 2 On I disk
range.

Now they're doing 16-bil
budget for the Com mod-ore
Amiga, Atari STajid IBM PC-
compatibles, too.

Sega will atso be
attending with their
very latest products

Intogramea

Infogtiimes go heavy on the
16-bil this year, with their
fellow French labels l^ne Inler^
natkmal, CobnuofI and Com-
mand featuring products for
Comnnxlore Amiga. Atari ST

and PC-eompatiblcs as welJ as
the S-bils.

Games on the fiJm* stand
will include Captain BUhhI (for
ST, Amiga, PC, Commo-
dore (A and Amstrad CPC);
BubbU Ghmi ( ST . A mi ga , PC .
C^); Action Sen-kf (ST.
Amiga. K'); and Opetation
^epnine ( Amiga, ST. PC).

There'll also be Hostages
(ST, Amiga. PC); hfonh A
South (ST. Amiga, PC); War-
lock 's Quest (Amiga, CM ) ; and
Mamdam Humper and Spidrr^
trorifc f btilh for Amiga).

Need wc say more?

PACKED
OUT!

Softeh litumaHmtal

Life on The Fdj?e doesn't
seem hard when you've
got four labels and a host of
new games to choine from -

«tf1iKlilili(r

Rachel explains: 'Whetiier
we take ihii; design is decided
through a proccK^ ai lung mcci-
ing;&. and a If he tnomcnt ii'sum
cady (P wiy c^ifCtly if this is Ihe
de!ilgn well be using.'

flH mcMTitns afttr

DcttMini iLinu is over, (he plan
is cfjmpktc, it's c>n1y a few
weeks 10 Ihc sho*. How do we
look. Rachel?

BgnliMicat! "TTiafs the
kt^yword for this year - 'be
there, be btg!" We have to look
gdjod to Ihc SO^WXKpluA people
who turn up al the show"

Suddenly, thougli. the plans
an changed -someone's come
up with ii far better idea and it's
biick to the old drawing board.
Such is the way of exhibitions,
and wc all have to wait till Sep-
tember whet^ the wraps are
taken t>ff the hni&hed con M ruc-
tion.

And (or Masiertronic the
1989 shtiw will only be 12
DKHiths awiiy. Ju&l time to plun
for an even bigger pre&ence
next year, eopc wilh a new set
of design problems and allocate
a still larger budge! to keep
Iheir gamcii in the public's,
eye . .

DISCOVER THE GAME
OF THE YEAR

plus a 'special ihow eompcti-
lion and diow offers',

Optimt&tieaUy describing
their itiand size u!t 'adequate^
the people at Sofick Imcmat-
ional - puhlishcri of The t^ge.
ACE (a new brand ft>r ct>inHip
conversions* . Mierw Svteelhiit
and Softeehnles tiibcK - prom-
ise ii will tie packed with new
games at budgel and full-price.

Appaiently they'll include
"some of the hottest licence* of
W - and rememK'f, this is
from the group who brought
ytm (Jarfifld , . .

Rnd out ndore on
Stand 3443.

They'll Kav« 'tom« of
th« hottest Hc9nc#s of
1988'

Tyiwfoft

Is it a bird? I;: it a plane? Is it
a tightrope-walker? No, it's
TynesoJt - the Ncv^caiitle-
billed software hou.se will hiive
Supemum - Biack Mottduy and

CRASH and

Z/-AP! 64 readers
have alw'«u H had their
<iwn chance lo vote
lor euch year's bes»t game, and
visitors to the PC Show will be
the hrst to hear of another pre-
stigious pjize - the Game Df
The Year in ihe BHitsh Per-
•ami Cotnpirtcr Awai-ds.

The wifincr will be
announced on September 14,
when the show starts for Ihe
conopuier trade, and no doubt
when the public doors open on
September 16 the lucky soft-
ware house will be only to keen
to 1 el I you who they are!
Rna lists arc:

■ \f a^terlronk's Xenon

M Incentive's Dark Side (the
tJi'iJJ'i'/' sequel I

■ Kainbfrd's adventure Cor-
ntptum .

Many of the British Personal
Computer Awards ten
catcgnries arc for busmcvs
equipment, but there 's^ also a

Circus Gameh at the PC Show ,
Their small triangular stand
will include a booth where vis-
itorKcan sit and play the ST ver-
sion niStipiertnan ~ Bfack Mon-
day.

And 8-bit users as well as 16-
billers can have their time in
the ring wilh Circus Games -
the events include lion-taming,
light rope- walking, trape?;c and
bareback hor$e -riding,

interspersed wilh clow n acis.

Gotiath GaniM

Goliath was^ a giant but hts
new software nitmesake^
arc squeejting into a small sec-
tion of the R&R Dislribution
stand with their lirst game,
Tracksuit Manager.

No. it's not a laundry simula-
tion - Track Alt it Manager is
another version of the tried and
tested ftMJtbalJ-managemcnt
§^enre, from the creators tif /ftc
Douhte.

Goliath's hoists R&R are Ihe
people who also own Alterna-
tive Software.

PERSONAL

COMPUTER

AWARDS

1988

prize for the best home/small

business computer, with three

hnulists:

■ Cambridge Computer's

Cambridge ZKK. the laptop

launched last year by Spectnim

creator Sir Clivc Sinclair

■ fMl CQmpuler's Dell Sysr
ttm 220. a PC-compatible

■ Amstrad's portable PPC512/
64(1.

There were over 1 UO entrants
for the ten awards more

news in September'

I

Randy Komer ifid HEWWr Bach, Ihe eetefirtty cndorMmtaU: Randy has
recentl>y appeared in the tabloid newspapers the Hq^ Court and the latest
naff sports simulation, where hts sixfool three-inch athtelic phrowess is fepfei-
ented b^y a cfummy iFhIe sprile. Honor has also recent^ appeared m the
tabloid new^paiiers. the divorce court arxJ the latesrl soft pom cofT^xitef-g^me
poster which ha$ nothing to de wrtti the product A ad^fhsei They have |>t«n
hif ed by desperate software hou^s irt tl>e hope of appearing m every sin0e
report ifoQiA the PC Show. Which is. exactly what happens.

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TAME
REVIEWERS
ON SHOW!

In pii$t years, the throng of
rvaiJcrs sirugghng to ^ct
lo Ulk lo writeni and
rcviewcTS on the Ncws-
Acld stand has all hut over^
wtielmed the staff! So ai this
year's PC Show, Newsfile Id -
publishers of CRASH,
ZZAP!64 and THE GAMES
MACHINE - arc taking their
hjggciit ever stand, tneasuring
over 30 3t 40 feci, in an aiiumpt
to accommtidatc visitors more
comfortabty,

|t'£ split into three dhtinct
si:c!ltun!i: at ibc front a li^unging
trea centred on two tables with
umbrellas, in the centre the

Computer art wtll be

shown to a background

of music by Jon Bates

TVst

Newsfielci'i bifcgesi ever stand: droi) by to mcel review mi and profiramitien

MicroProwi Scrftwvt

Fear of dying needn't keep
you away from Micro-
Prose'* two sta nds - besides t h c
slomach' turning Super X

eveiything'SimutaioT (sec fea>
ture page ) they've goi
enough softwiirc and peripher-
als lo keep any tandlubt>er'^
head in the do uds.

The American simuiation

specttUsts will be riding high on
Stand 3227 with such CAgcrly-
awaited titles is Red Storm Ris-
ing, F'l9 Stealth Fighter and
Covert Actiiin.

And for Spectrum sim ran&,
MicroProsc promise Airborne
Ranger.

For thosf with ihcir feel on
the ground, there'll also be a
soccer game - firsi of Micro-
Prose's new series of sports
»ms - aod a range of titles spcc-
ially dcMgned for IBM PC-
compatibles (including (he
popular Amsirad models).

Bui even MicroProsc
CDuldit*! pack such a large stand
without a little help from their
friends (or 'Joint Venturers' i^s
they call them).

£k) Or^(lD Systems are |Mtch-

22 PC SHOWCASE

ing in with finished versions of
Utlima V and nmejr Of Lore, a
sneak preview of Space Rogue
- and an all-new game with the
working tiilc of Butl/e Tank,
which they sJavcr 'will make
programmers and gamers aJike
drcwl',

ConnI will be there, too, to
show (he serious business of
adventure - 77ff President ts
Afjsjir/ig (goodiobthcf re elect-
ing a new one - Ed). Defcon J.
Navcom 6, Inside Tradet and
C'orpotatt Raider.

Finally t here's Suncum. stars
of American joyf^ticks and
peripherals, with 12 new prod-
ucts, THey're promising a vari-
able autofire' joystick (the digi-
tal Tac 50). a PC graphics tab-
let for less than £in(J. and a
series of analogue joysticks -
using: (hey claim. Meehnotogy
developed for deep space
probes'. And thai brings va
back lo Super X . . .

They'll have the first of
their new range of
sporting simulations

Mlcntnet BOO

There's a computer up for
grabs on (he Micronei
rtciwork's stand in the central
section -andcniryfori he prize
draw is open f o every visitor at
I he PC Show, not jusi
Microner^i 20,000 subscribers.

Features of the recently
relaunched network such as
Tcleialk and the muhiusei
gatrte Shades will be on display .
and there may even be a chance
for vis»itors to logon and sample
the 'electronic magazitie'
themselves.

Networking novices can
enrol as Micronei members al
the I Km' stand . though ihe free

modems which come with the
startup package will not he
available there, ('We'll
despatch them assioon as we gel
back from the show.' says
spokeswoman Helen Batch ^
elor,)

Membership of Micronei
coasts £79 a year, and Interlink
membership - which provides
access to Telecom Gold - costs
an extra £1 per month.

Novices can enrof as
members of Micro net

6^r

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mailorder and magazine-salH
st^iKJ. and at the rear a targe
arcn dcvotud to the exhibition
of computer art.

Prints of pictures which have
been selected from entries sent
m CRASH, ZZAP! and TGM
wiM be on show . hanging on the
zipag wa]]$ and fracning a liir|;,e
Buiktm 1000 monitor, which
will aliiodisplHiy Ihc iirtworksto
a background of music pro-
vided by Jon Bates.

[t isn't only the magazine
staff who draw the crowds
round Newshcld's stand, but
the chance of it rare jr|imp$c of
famotis programmers »nd
perhaps the snatched moment
for a constructive argument
with the likes of Raff stele
Ce«o. Andrew Brayh rook and
Stephen Crow,

And in thai respect, this
year's ?iand will be no differ-
ent, but it will be much, much
bigger!

US GOLD ARE FIZZY

ucstion: what game
h«is had even moic
plavers than

us' Golds Out
Run! ^Bwcr: The Pepsi Chal-
lenge - 24 million people
worldwide have shut iheircyes,
opened ihcir mouths and tried
to tell the difference between
Pepsi-Cola and. um, a com-
petit Or you may have heardof .

But at this year's PC Show
The Pepsi Challenge lakefi a
different form - pan of Pepsi*
Cola's exclusive tie-up with
»oftwtire house US Gold.

Pepsi -Cola (who Blfn.> pro-
dtJce 7-Uplf arc sponsoring a
giant Vidiwall. The massive %l
of high-resolution scrcenii
measurin|> almost Klm^ (bigger
than manv stands!) will show
the live final* of the National
Citfiiputer Games Champion-
*s|ijp IIS well as the tatciii hard-
ware and games, all through
the show.

It will be the fii^ttiineastate-
of'thc-ari Vidiwal) has been
seen in Britain.
And as well as that, Bulle-

lln 1000 -producers of the soft-
ware videos seen at la&t year's
show - w)H have screens all
over Earls Court.

After ei^i gruelling heats. 12
wmifinalists have been
selected for the final play-offs
of the US Gold/Natiotial
Association Of Boys' Clubs
National Computer Games
Championship.

They'll battle it out on Spec-
trum and ComniodcM'e. The
two overall winners - one for
each machine - will then com-
pcic on iin Atari ST for the ulti-
mate littc of Britain's best
gamc^-pbycr. The champion-
ships are orgiinised by FC
Showcase publisher*;; News-
held.

And of course ihc ST game
will be from US Gold's Pepsi
Challenge scries, which begins
with Mod Mixl

The Birmingham-based soft-
ware peopk' iirc also releasing
a four-game compilation with
golf simulation World Class

Leaderhoard, coin-op mnver-
sion S&hmani Key. Capcom's
Sidt Arms and Epyx** Supercy-
de - all for £4.^ if you buy the
new Pepsi-Cola six'pack

It could be one of Pepsi -
Cola's biggest promotions
since they snapped up
supemar Michiicl Jackson for
ai^aitd concert tours.

f epsi ad^ llfa

A> Un The Pepsi Challenge, at
the doors of EarU Court you'll
find a set of questions on your
entrance ticket. qu)^;iitg you
about the US Gold stand.

Fill in the answers, and go on
to the Pepsi Challenge stand
near the Vidiwall for the laste
test itsetf!

US Gold say ihcy sell about
60% of all coin -op conversions
in Britain - and .ii^MmlinL' io
Pepsi-Cola, 56% ol Hnmns
preferred the Pepsi dnnk in the
Challenge . A( this year's
PC Show, you can pin the
crowd.

AMIGA

ARCADE

ACTION

Cofltmodofv 6uBln««t
M>china«

B

usincss^ machines ain't half
of it! Besides their ottt-n
sivc array of PO, US-K.jstd
Commodore will have I he CM,
Amiga models and games soft-
ware displayed on their mas-
sive 504m" stand just inside the
Barls Court entrance ,

After walking through the
stand's computer- lined recep-
tion area you'll enter the Com-
modore Arcade . where accord-
ing to Commodore 'major soft-
ware companics^ will be cKhJ^it-
ing their latest prodticts\

If one of the games grabs
your fancy, just pop into the
HJIJ-scater Commodore

Theatre where the software
creatorti will be giving
demonstrations of thctr work
and discussing what's coming

nest lor Commodore (iwncrs.

And if you've got a problem
with your Commodore
machine, don't despair - the
firm say 'technical staff will be
available to answer qycries\

Juft |H>p into the 100-

seater theatre

RL

French software house Fit-
are attending the show for
the lirsi time this year - with a
new lahc:l specially designed for
coiti-op licences.

And they'll be showing off
their arcade action plans with
six machines set for free play!

Up for ct^nvcrsion are
Shinohi, Ninja Warriors, Cori-
Htifntal CiJ'cusand three more.

Although none of the prod-
ucts will be available to buy at
showtime, you can talk to FIL
(it stands for France Image
Logiciel) about their conver-
skm plans.

tltey'll have six arcade
machines for free play

The Gold Rush
continues with a
special show offer

Thalamui

Thalamus go l6'bii at this
year's PC Show with citclu-
sivc previews of their forth-
coming ST and Amiga games
as well as new if^bit title^-

And for Commodore 64
owners there'll also be Htiw-
keye and Armaiyu on
Thalamus's ia:ction of the large
New-^hcld stand.

The llialanius Gold Rush
ctmiinues with a s^pccial ^how
offer - one copy of Hawkeye on
sale at the stand will be a 'gold
cassette', so the purchaser wit)
receive a prize from Thalamus.

ZZAP! 64 readers might
also have a chance to spot Dr
Manfred V Flypaper of The
Thithmus Star (shurcly worth
sheeing! - Ed).

PHilippa Ketik, the Pft agent:

Ms Kettle speaks fluevit gibtHftsh,
and noonaJiy uses a t«i«pbooe to bat-
ter everyone into submission, But
you can pick up her trarl at the
PC Show by fol'o*ing the cfie*ed
ears, glazed eyes and spKrHe-Decked
mot^ ot cxbrlxlcirs She will iSe
w^afrftC ^ welkut suit and carrying
an SKpenstve documMt asm fiM o4
myttations to hospital% suttas and
black stockings. Fortunately the
deatanir^ sourwl o^ «lectTCi(i^
ampttJkation mil drown out her
noiistop verbal assauHi,

PC SHOWCASE 23

Owen Money, Ibc hIIwir boss:

Ow«i^ nev«r carfnes cash, his
ct^equebook is locked >n the office
iiie aid he'll »rt it all out attff the
Show. 50 haiv« adnnk and don't wofry
about a thing, AJthough he has only
been trading under th« Oud^^ft
logo snce last Tuesday, his cdphone
has direct diaHmg to 1 1 t>rancli offi-
ces and a fleet of courtesy cars.
Owen used to ^l flavoured |^^
iMfore tetting into compuiers. but
bankrupted evefyom v* sight when
the bubt?le burst.

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INFORMATION

■ Tbt PC Show is divitted into three hails - one for business computing, one for kistire
computing (that's us and you) and one for serious home computing. The leisure area is
roughly sihown on PC Showcase's cenirc-pagcs map.

■ Admss^iion is £3 per person, adult ornoi , and the ofhcial show guide (on !;a1ethcr£) is £2.
M PC Show organise rs hope to attract HKJ .(XX) people to the event - up 25 ,(HM) on last year.

■ More than half of those wjl) come from outside the London area -so hotels and friends'
fJoon* will be crowded!

■ Fordciailsof a special PC Show offer including cheaper hotck (14% off in the example
they gave us} and rail tickets (you must stay at least one nighi to qualify) contact Expotel
on (01) 741 4441 and tcU them you're going lo the show.

■ Earls Court is located in an expensive area st>uthwcst of central London, near Ken*
singion Gardens and Chelsea Fotiihall Club's Stamford Bridge groundS-

■ To get there by the red London Regional Transport buses, take a M or 74 going north,
or a 30 or 74 going south - and lell the conductor you want Earts Court.

■ To gel there by underground, take the District or Piccadilly line to Earls Court !;iation
- just across the road from the PC Show, Or if you're coming from Fulham or Wimbledon,
get off the District line at West Brompton. It'^ just as close.

■ If you're a Euroenthusiast and you warn to get straight there from Heathrow Airport,
just hop on the Piccadilly undergmund line at Heathrow and you don't need to change.

■ The hull has three restaurants, a pub and a bar - and there should also be two snack bars
in the ieisure hall.

n Banking facilities will be provided throughout show hour^ by a branch of the Midland
Bank, in the foyeron Earls Court's Warwick Road entrance. You'll be able to cash cheques
(with a card) and change travellers' cheques. Eurocheques and foreign currency.

8 Stand 3434 will be the hesi .

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